Article date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
What’s hidden in the Gutenberg Bible?
It’s not every day that a curator gets a chance to reunite a lost print with its centuries-old companion. But for Stephen Tabor, The Huntington’s curator of rare books, that opportunity arrived with an unexpected email from a British colleague last spring.
Article date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Three Guilty in Blenheim Palace Gold Toilet theft Case
Three men involved in the theft and sale of a multi-million pound gold toilet from Blenheim Palace have been convicted.
Article date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Ulaanbaatar Biennale, Mongolia, will be taking Place from 6 to 20 June, 2025
The City Mayor in cooperation with the Arts and Culture Department of the City Implementing Agency and the Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM) NGO announced the Ulaanbaatar Biennale will be taking place from 6 to 20 June, 2025 across various venues in Ulaanbaatar.
Article date: Monday, March 17, 2025
Strong Sales have been reported by TEFAF Maastricht
The opening of TEFAF Maastricht 2025 has once again affirmed its position as the world’s leading art fair, with strong early sales across key categories including fine and contemporary art, antiques, and design. Invited guests from across the globe gathered for the prized opening, seizing the opportunity to acquire important works from the fair’s unrivaled selection.
Article date: Monday, March 17, 2025
French Member of European Parliament Raphael Glucksmann demands US return Statue of Liberty
French politician Raphael Glucksmann is calling for US to return the Statue of Liberty. “We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it,” he said.
Article date: Monday, March 17, 2025
Could This be the Only Portrait of Lady Jane Grey
Research from English Heritage suggests that a newly displayed portrait at Wrest Park could be the only portrait of Lady Jane Grey that was painted before she was executed.
Article date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Ancient Egyptian mummified Bodies smell ‘Woody,’ ‘Spicy’ and ‘Sweet’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mumification practices.
Article date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Tate cuts Seven Per Cent of its Workforce
The Tate is cutting 40 jobs, reports the Financial Times.
Article date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Museums should stop displaying African Ancestral Remains, says Report
The All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) is calling for a ban on the sale of ancestral remains, as well as on their display in museums and other institutions.
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
15 Million Euro Klimt find from Austria for sale at TEFAF Maastricht
Considered lost since 1938, Gustav Klimt's portrait of a prince from Ghana is on public display again for the first time. Viennese art dealers are presenting the painting from a private Austrian collection at the TEFAF art fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Facing the Storm: Mauritshuis, The Hague, in Wartime
In 2025 the Mauritshuis will mark eighty years since the liberation of the Netherlands. The German occupation was a turbulent time for the Mauritshuis, with its collection in storage, propaganda exhibitions, music recitals and people in hiding to escape forced labour (the Arbeitseinsatz).
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
SFMOMA receives $1.5M Grant from Google.org in Support of Major Ruth Asawa Retrospective
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced a $1.5 million grant from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, in support of Ruth Asawa: Retrospective, the first major national and international museum retrospective of the groundbreaking work of Ruth Asawa (1926–2013).
Article date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Atapuerca rewrites the History of Europe’s First Inhabitants
A study led by the IPHES and involving the URV assigns the oldest human remains found at Atapuerca to the species Homo affinis erectus and confirms that Western Europe was populated by two species of hominin more than a million years ago
Article date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Nordic Countries Pavilion announces Artists for the 61st La Biennale di Venezia
The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma has selected Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes to represent the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition will be curated by Kiasma’s Chief Curator, Anna Mustonen, and commissioned by Kiasma in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Sweden, and OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway.
Article date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Details of the Swiss Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2026 announced
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has nominated a collective consisting of cultural practitioners Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler, Nina Wakeford, Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance and Yul Tomatala for the Swiss Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2026. For the first time, the Swiss Biennale contribution was selected through an open competition, with 140 projects submitted.
Article date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Greek Far-Right Politician Nikos Papadopoulos arrested after vandalizing ‘Blasphemous’ Artworks
Greek Member of Parliament Nikos Papadopoulos was arrested on Monday after allegedly vandalizing artworks at the National Gallery in Athens, protesting against what he described as 'blasphemous' art that offends the Christian faith, Enikos reported.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Female Suspect in Assen Art Heist Temporarily released
A 40-year-old woman from Heerhugowaard, Netherlands, who was arrested in connection with the art heist at the Drents Museum in Assen, has been released.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
A Kenneth Noland Painting, owned by Sir Anthony Caro, heads to Christie’s
Works from the Collection of Sir Anthony Caro will be offered during Spring Marquee Week in New York in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium, will officially bear the name MASEREEL
the Frans Masereel Centre will officially bear the name MASEREEL. This name change reflects the recent growth into a dynamic centre for contemporary art, where creation, development and dialogue are central.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Getty acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon
Getty has acquired the archive of American artist Raymond Petitbon. Pettibon, who became known in the 1980s for his work in the Southern California music scene, particularly through posters and album covers, later gained widespread recognition in the fine art world.
